The holiday season is just around the bend, and you are sure to get your fair share of bad gifts. Itchy sweaters, fruitcakes, and socks are always a drag, but there might be nothing worse than getting bad video game gifts. The ride from excitement town to disappointment city is never fun. These mistakes can ruin your whole day. So here are my Top 5 Mistakes Your Grandma is Going to Make Shopping.
5) Buying your game for the wrong system
You made your Grandma memorize the game you want. She is the only lady in her bridge club to have ever uttered the words “BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger.” She even called you when she got home from the store, declaring she “got you a little something at the GameEBTarget.” You unwrap it eagerly but are perplexed by the green on top. You finish unwrapping it to find it is for the Xbox 360. One problem: you have a PlayStation 3. Better luck next year.
4) Buying you something on the PS2 for your PS3
This does tie in to the above point, but it is so much worse. With the above point you can take that game to the store and exchange it for the right one, easy as pie. If she bought you Madden 11 on the PlayStation 2 when you needed it on PS3, you are going to be paying the difference. Nobody wants to go pay for part of his or her own present.
3) Buying you Halo Wars instead of Halo: Reach
This one is almost unfair to Grammy. You have prepped her for weeks. She knows that you want a game called Halo and that it is about a war between the “movement” and the humans. She goes to the store and spots a game with the title “Halo Wars.” She knows immediately that must be what her handsome little grandbaby wanted. It’s hard to even blame her for it. At least she is trying…right?
2) Buying you Medal of Honor instead of Call of Duty
Call of Duty: Black Ops is all you wanted this holiday season. You couldn’t scrounge up the cash and have been the laughing stock of your circle of friends. That will all change soon though. Gram-gram is coming and she has been told exactly what you wanted this time. She brings it in with a smile on her face. You unwrap it to find the newest Medal of Honor. At least you can swap this one.
1) Buying you Mario Party
You have a Wii. You know how dangerous gift buying can be for your Wii. Your Grandma can be suckered in by tons of terrible third party games. You have steered her clear of anything that doesn’t say Nintendo on it. You stress that Mario would be preferable. Even something with Wario in it would be just fine. Your poor, sweet, innocent Grandma thinks she has found the perfect gift for you. She hands you your gift proudly, watching as you unwrap it. She is unprepared for the look of sheer horror on your face. She got you Mario Party. Ouch.
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